Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism and Development in Contemporary IndiaThis study examines the relationship between state, society and democracy in India over the last decade of the 20th century, by exploring how the Indian state has fared vis-a-vis its three major goals in independent India: welfare, secularism and development. In exploring some aspects of the discursive terrain of Indian politics, the book provides a narrative which bridges the gap between political theory and empirical political analysis. |
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... state's initiatives in the areas of welfare , secularism , and development . This study examines the relationship between state , society , and democracy in India over the past decade , by exploring the recent careers of these three ...
... state's initiatives in the areas of welfare , secularism , and development . This study examines the relationship between state , society , and democracy in India over the past decade , by exploring the recent careers of these three ...
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... state dimension , expresses the conflict between the ' national interest ' as defined by the state , and the interests of some sections of the citizenry . The second speaks to the problem of political obligation , seeking to balance the ...
... state dimension , expresses the conflict between the ' national interest ' as defined by the state , and the interests of some sections of the citizenry . The second speaks to the problem of political obligation , seeking to balance the ...
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... state . Conversely , the state's weakness in the face of pluralist pressures need not be interpreted to imply a corresponding institutional weakness in its formal structure . Authoritarian states may have fragile institutions which are ...
... state . Conversely , the state's weakness in the face of pluralist pressures need not be interpreted to imply a corresponding institutional weakness in its formal structure . Authoritarian states may have fragile institutions which are ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Democracy for India | 9 |
The Welfare State | 31 |
Copyright | |
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